Rescue station equipment standards now prescribe minimum apparatus, rescue tools, and safety gear for underground mine operations. Minimum apparatus and equipment standards are specified for rescue stations and rescue rooms for immediate use under the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2026. The standards apply to all rescue stations or rescue rooms established and maintained for serving any below ground mine or a group of below ground mines, and set out the minimum quantities of breathing apparatus, resuscitating apparatus, ancillary equipment, lamps, gas detectors, air and temperature measuring instruments, communication devices, safety and first-aid equipment, fire-fighting equipment, and miscellaneous rescue tools to be kept available at each facility.